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Verb: metastasise  mu'ta-stu,sIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: metastasize)
  1. Spread throughout the body
    "the cancer had metastasised and the patient could not be saved";
    - metastasize

Derived forms: metastasised, metastasises, metastasising

Type of: distribute, spread

Encyclopedia: Metastasise